Gemini iKEY Manual page 6

- The L C (10) LED flashes to alert you when the input signal exceeds the
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threshold required to make a digital recording free of distortion. The LED lights
solidly to alert you that the input level is too low, or is absent completely.
- The line of text above the LEDs indicates the B
ings on the iKEY. When using the S
respective LED below the B
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- The line of text below the LEDs, made up of percentages, indicates the amount of
storage that is occupied on the target storage device. These are referred to as the
(11). When the LED above a particular percentage is flashing, it
P LED
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means that the amount of storage occupied is less than the value below the flashing
LED. When an LED is solid, it means that the storage occupied has exceeded that
percentage. When the unit approaches 100% full, the LED display will alert you by
flashing all 5 LEDs repeatedly until the storage device reaches its full capacity.
- The LED at the far right flashes when the batteries are low or stays solid when there
is an error preventing the device from operating.
6. R : The R (4) button is used to re-initialize the unit, if there is any
reset
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error with your connected storage device, or in the event that the unit needs
to be restarted for any reason. The R
never have to be used.
OPERATIONS:
1. Once the unit has been supplied with power using 4 'AA' batteries or the DC
(2), turn the unit on by moving the P
A
DAPTOR
The L (10) indicator will light, indicating that there is no input signal.
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2. Plug your USB S D
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USB compatible MP3 player) into the USB K
unit will detect and initialize the USB S
your USB S D ' activity light illuminate. Once the iKEY has initialized
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your USB S D , the LED indicators showing the space occupied on the
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target device will flash six (6) times.
3. Once the LED(s) indicating the occupied space turn off, you may use the S
(9) button to select the B
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(9) button toggles through the B
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(9) button to select the B
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that you have selected will illuminate.
(4) button is recessed, as typically it will
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(3) to the 'ON' position.
S
OWER WITCH
(e.g., USB flash drive, USB external hard drive,
I (5). Within a few seconds, the
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D . During this time, you may see
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at which you would like to record. Pressing the
, which include 128Kbps,
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192Kbps, 256Kbps, and uncompressed .WAV. At this point, if you would like to
check the amount of space occupied on the target device, you can hold down the
S (9) button for 3-4 seconds, after which the LEDs will display the space
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occupied on the target device until you release the S
R , the 4. After you have selected the B
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adjust the input level in order to ensure that your recording volume will be ade-
quate, but not so loud that it overloads the inputs of the iKEY. The simplest way to
do this is to first adjust the volume of the source to as loud as needed, then adjust
the L (7) control so that the input signal does not overload the iKEY. To set the
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recording levels, increase the L
begins to flash repeatedly. Then, decrease the L
(10) indicator flashes no more than once every 3 to 4 seconds. If you sus-
L C
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pect that the level of the source may increase unexpectedly, you may want to
decrease the L
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unexpectedly.
NOTE: I L
F THE
RECORDING WILL SUFFER FROM DIGITAL DISTORTION
TO RECORD
INCREASE THE VOLUME LEVEL AFTERWARDS USING EDITING SOFT WARE ON YOUR PC THAN IT IS
TO REMOVE THE DISTORTION FROM A POORLY MADE RECORDING
5. Once you have set all of the necessary parameters, you may press the R
button to start recording. When the record button is pressed, all of the progress
LEDs will flash once to indicate that the unit has understood your command. Once
recording has commenced, the iKEY will again display the percentage of space occu-
pied on the connected target device. The LED indicating the space that the unit is
approaching will flash. If you wish to instead view the selected B
press the S
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you wish to stop recording, press the R
pressing the R
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the space occupied will turn solid, indicating the end of recording. After the iKEY
has finished all recording operations and has closed the file, all of the progress LEDs
will flash once to indicate that the unit is ready for the next command.
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NOTE: I
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(7) control until the L
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(7) control even more, to insure that clipping does not happen
C (10)
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AT A LOWER VOLUME
(9) button to toggle between space occupied and B
(8) button again. Immediately after
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(8) button to stop the recording, the flashing LED indicating
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WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF SONGS IN THE
(9) button.
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(10) indicator
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(7) control gradually until the
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